In the interest of your safety and to ensure the correct use, before installing and first using
the appliance, read this user manual carefully, including its hints and warnings. To avoid
unnecessary mistakes and accidents, it is important to ensure that all people using the
appliance are thoroughly familiar with its operation and safety features. Save these
instructions and make sure that they remain with the appliance if it is moved or sold, so
that everyone using it through its life will be properly informed on appliance use and safety.
For the safety of life and property keep the precautions of these user’s instructions as the
manufacturer is not responsible for damages caused by omission.
Children and vulnerable people safety
This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with
reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they
have been given super vision or instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe way
and understand the hazards involved.
Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children unless they are aged from 8
years and above and supervised.
Keep all packaging well away from children. There is risk of suffocation.
If you are discarding the appliance pull the plug out of the socket, cut the connection cable
(as close to the appliance as you can) and remove the door to prevent playing children to
suffer electric shock or to close themselves into it.
If this appliance featuring magnetic door seals is to replace an older appliance having a
spring lock (latch) on the door or lid, be sure to make that spring lack unusable before you
discard the old appliance. This will prevent it from becoming a death trap for a child.
Children aged from 3 to 8 years are allowed to load and unload refrigerating appliances
(This clause applies only to the EU region).
General safety
WARNING! Keep ventilation openings, in the appliance enclosure or in the built-in
structure, clear of obstruction.
WARNING! Do not use mechanical devices or other means to accelerate the defrosting
process, other than those recommended by the manufacturer.
WARNING! Do not damage the refrigerant circuit.
WARNING! The refrigerant and insulation blowing gas are flammable. When disposing of
the appliance, do so only at an authorized waste disposal centre. Do not expose to flame.
WARNING! When positioning the appliance, ensure the supply cord is not trapped or
damaged.
WARNING! Do not locate multiple portable socket-outlets or portable power supplies at
the rear of the appliance.